This is a nicely complex murder mystery with a plot and two sub-plots. Detective Cormac Reilly is investigating the death of a school headmaster who had gone missing and whose preserved body was found in a bog which has thrown up many similar corpses over the centuries. Carl Rigney is a computer genius who works for the national lottery and believes he has come up with a way to beat the system. Cormac’s former partner, Emma, enlists Cormac’s help in finding her missing husband.
Ireland’s wet, misty weather is the backdrop to the story and I shuddered for poor Cormac, stepping ankle deep into the mud while the rain was beating down on him. I loved the way the investigation uncovered clues when it looked like there weren’t any to be found, and how the three parts of the story fitted together.
Dervla McTiernan’s Cormac Reilly is a great character and it’s always good to read of his latest case, the politics around his career with the police force, and, of course, the latest developments in his private life. This one was a lovely, twisty mystery which made a perfect Mother’s Day weekend read.
Published by Harper Collinsl
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